Ironing surface for electric irons



Nov. 21, 1950 E. A. WEILAND IRONING SURFACE FOR ELECTRIC IRONS FiledSept. 7, 1946 INVENTOR. [d va/(l A. Wei [and Y g ATTORNEY Patented Nov.21, 1950 IRONING SURFACE FOR ELECTRIC IRONS Edward August Welland,Garfield Heights, Ohio,

assignor to The Hoover Company, North Canton, Ohio, a corporation ofOhio Application September 7, 1946, Serial No. 695,490 3 Claims. (01;38-79) The present invention relates in general to irons and moreparticularly to an attachment for removing wrinkles in the material beinironed.

An object of the invention is to provide a new and improved iron.Another object is to provide an iron having a device for removingwrinkles in the material as the latter is being ironed. A

further object is to provide an iron having a device for removingwrinkles in the material being ironed and also forming an iron rest.Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from thefollowing specification and drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a side elevation of the iron;

Figure 2 is an elevational view of the wrinkle elimnator engaging thematerial being ironed;

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the iron, and

Figure 4 is a section along the line 4- 3 of Figure 3.

The embodiment of the invention herein disclosed comprises an iron bodyin and a handle II. The body It) includes a sole plate l2 having anironing surface IS, a cover shell I4, a cooling fin l5 spaced from thecover shell I4 and a wrinkle eliminator I6. Within the cover shell I4 isan unshown heating element and a thermostat device which is controlledby an adjustin lever l'l projecting above the cooling fin ii. The handleII is formed of molded insulation material capable of withstandingironing temperatures and includes a hand grip 20 spaced from the coolingfin it by a front support 2| and a rear support 22. A portion 23 Of thehand grip 20 extends beyond the rear support 22 and cooperates with theextreme end 24 of the cover shell I to provide a rest for the iron.

The wrinkle eliminating device It is disposed between the rear wall 26of the sole plate I! and beneath that portion of the cover shell IIwhich overhangs the sole plate, and includes a pair of opposed sidewalls 21, a front wall 28, and a rear wall 29 and two body portions 30and 3| which engage the material to be ironed. The marginal edges of theside walls 21 and front wall 28 are nested within the depending sidewall 32 of the cover shell ll, while the rear wall 29 abuts the rearwall 26 of the sole plate l2 and is provided with a flange 33 whichseats on a shoulder 34 in the sole plate. A screw 35 extends through thebody portion 3i and is threaded into a bracket 36 welded to the top wallof the cover shell It to removably attach the wrinkle eliminator It tothe iron. The wrinkle eliminating device It is attached to the iron-byseating the flange 33 on the shoulder 34 and threading the screw 85 intothe bracket 38. In order to reinforce and stabilize the cover shell itwhen it acts as a rest. the side walls 21 and the front wall 28 of thedevice It firmly abut the depending wall 32 of the cover shell I 4,while the rear wall 29 abuts the sole plate i2 and thus the wrinkleeliminating device It forms a part of the iron rest.

Body portions 30 and ii are provided to smooth wrinkles from thematerial being ironed. The body portion 30 is substantially triangularin shape as indicated by the lines 40, 4i, and 42 and is disposed in aplane inclined upwardly and rearwardly from the rear corner 43 of thesole plate 12 and terminates at the apex in a pointed end 34. Theother'body portion BI is slightly concaved with respect to the bodyportion 3 and has portions 45 and 46 disposed respectively on oppositesides of the lines 4| and 42, and are spaced upwardly from the bodyportion 3| to engage the material being ironed at a higher elevation. V

In operation, the material 50 to be ironed is placed upon an ironingboard 'SI and the iron is moved rearwardly as indicated by the arrow inFigure 2. The apex 44 of the lower triangular body portion 30 firstcontacts the folds or wrinkles 52 in the material SI! and as the iron ismoved along the material the downwardly diverging marginal walls 4| and42 of the triangular body portion 30 engage the. folds or wrinkles '2 tospread the latter into a smooth unwrinkled surface 54 over which thesurface of the body portion 3|] and the surface 13 of the sole platethen pass to iron the material. The wrinkles li which are initiallybeneath the concaved portions 4! and 46 also come in contact with thediverging marginal side walls M and 42 of the body portion 30 and passunderneath the latter into contact with the downwardly inclined bodyportion 30 which removes the wrinkles 55 prior to the sole plate l2passing over the material.

I claim:

1. An iron comprising, a sole plate having a pressing face for materialto be ironed, a cover shell projecting beyond one end of said soleplate. means disposed between said one end of said sole plate and saidcover shell, said means having a first and second surface for engagingthe material being ironed. said first surface extending upwardly fromsaid one end of said sole plate to an apex beneath said cover shell,said second surface bounding a portion of said first surface andextending from said apex toward said one end of said sole plate. saidsurfaces having portions thereof at different elevations with resp t 3to each other for engagement with different elevated portions of thematerial being ironed.

2. An iron comprising a sole plate having a pressing face for materialto be ironed. means adjacent said sole plate and having a first andsecond surface for engaging the material to be ironed, said firstsurface extending upwardly from said sole plate to an apex, said secondsurface bounding a portion of said first surface and extending from saidapex toward said sole plate. said surfaces having portions thereof atdifferent elevations with respect to each other for engagement withdifferent elevated portions of the material being ironed.

3. An iron comprising a sole plate having a pressing face for materialto be ironed, means adjacent said sole plate and having a first andsecond surface for engaging the material to be ironed, said firstsurface extending upwardly from said sole plate to an apex, said secondsuriace bounding a portion of said first surface and extending from saidapex toward said sole plate. said surfaces having portions thereof atdifferent elevations with respect to each other for engagement withdifferent eievated portions of the material being ironed, said meansacting as an iron rest when said iron is upended on said means.

EDWARD AUGUST WEILAND.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the flie ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,384,644 Schreyer Sept. 11. 1945

